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This publication presents comparative overviews of e-commerce legal and regulatory systems in some of the ESCAP subregions, including East Asia, Central Asia, South Asia and the South Pacific. The...

Global value chains and international production networks are creating an international economy increasingly characterized by fragmented and specialized production dispersed across borders. This study...

The present study was conducted with the aim to increase understanding of the specific trade facilitation issues and conditions in the selected landlocked countries of the Caucasus and Central Asian...

The articles in this publication provide insights into the status of the negotiations in the main areas of the Doha Development Agenda and interlinkages between trade liberalization in those areas to...

This publication examines the implications of the World Trade Organization's (WTO) agenda for developing countries of Asia and the Pacific region. As countries are about to enter into new negotiations...

This publication looks at trade and investment policies that help bridge the digital divide and facilitate integration into the global economy in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) countries. It...

This publication offers in-depth expert views of trade issues and WTO negotiations and is useful for trade negotiators, trade economists and government officials. It presents a set of papers that...

This publication comprises papers and presentations made at meetings on the Doha Development Agenda. The papers cover key trade and investment related issues such as; trade facilitation in the WTO...

Contains the papers and proceedings of the 1994 Symposium on the Implications of the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) for the Asia and Pacific region.

A focus on the development of transitional economies through intraregional trade expansion and economic cooperation with neighbouring countries. A case study of the Northeast Asia Sub-region is...

This publication brings together case studies from five different countries in Southeast and East Asia to examine the impact of IT-based trade facilitation measures already implemented, with a...

This handbook is a reference in preparation of analysis of already available merchandise trade statistical information for assessment of various trade issues, discussion on negotiating positions and...

Foreign direct investment (FDI) is a principal means of financing the 2030 Agenda. FDI’s potential contributions to sustainable development in Asia-Pacific can only be realized if the right conditions...

This book offers a synthesis of the results and implications from a series of business process analyses of procedures involved in importing and exporting goods to and from selected Asian countries. It...

Textile and clothing comprise a unique industry in the global economy and it is the most protected of all manufacturing industries, both in developed and developing countries. This publication is...

This publication is divided into two parts. The first summarizes the main issues and puts forward recommendations for export opportunities and environmentally sound business development in Asia and...

This publication is the result of a Workshop on Trade Promotion for Economies in Transition of Central Asia and South-Caucasus that was held in Almaty, Kazakhstan from 15 - 17 August 2000. The main...

This handbook is to provide policymakers, business communities, development organizations, and other interested parties with a thorough overview of the private sector environment in Myanmar today. It...

This study, prepared for the 1995 Forum for the Comprehensive Development of Indo-China, identifies forms of sub-regional co-operation, policy framework and institutional development in order to...

In an attempt to encourage financial institutions in the ESCAP region to cooperate in establishing a regional institutional framework for export financing, this publication reviews the current...